Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08
NOTES.

The new squeiuei in course Of construction
for the supply Of water to The city al New
York will have, il ts estimated. capacity Of
SIS o0o0. 600 gallons per day. or 223 900, 900
in excess OF the citys present consumption.
The aggregate cost o; this immr nss water sys
TEN is fxed at $40. 600. 600.
Balsey G.iaes, a ls-ye.r old boy. had BIZ.
scalp partially iora of and ose arm deeply
morning BY a leopard 10 sue Of Barnum's
cages. The lad clitnbsd up on The leopard .
cage and was peering inside. when the erui.
tried TO drag him inside. lie was only saved
BY the efforts OF one Of The trainers.
Charles v. Smith. vice president Of The
Aichison, Topeka and Santa Re r ,rro.d, has
probably been in more accidents than any oiber
man in the country lie has been Interested
ia railroads for over thirty years add has soas
through countless disasters on Inc rail- wIthsat
9 scratch. Ne train oaa 20 too fast To saa hi.
taste. He IS a man OF ,run nerve. aud likes to
travel at the rate Of siI'y miles an hour.
Dynamite bomb, falls charged ADD x,,b the
fuse burned 10 within a quarter u. 40 inch oil
the she'll, Mss foaad uad.r Jsdgr Bakers
desk 10 The Crimasl Court al Chicago las,
Thursday esening. Judge Baker Presdrs in
tbs room shese The Anarchists -srv tried aaA
condemned. Il wss The same kiad Of oosno s,ed
at the Has market. except that the shell 10 Of a
composite material and much lighter than The
leaden on<s -hieh Ling manufactured.
The closing Of the Saloons in A,ehisoo, No s..
has Gu: Of naOst psosi.b!s soaree Of revens.,
.noonting TO thousa DDS of dollars ear and +,
a result, the ely eAs cot rcssaGe 10 keep
going. Ga Monday the police .oree. ~ith the
exception OF the marshal sad ene ofsierr, ~er-
suspended from dsty. The mayor has also
rou6sd the Bremen hat Hair ssfs,css will be
suspended vita. Th, gas aud electric iis hti
~err shat OF Moaday night.
Mary T Keep, widos OF the late Charles D.
kevp, OF Ne~ York, has elsd an All ia.ts
charging that The divorce aich she 20, iron
her late husband ~as obtslnsi oy COLLISION
ADD conspiracy; that she s3s co.rrsd iaiU sp.
plying FOR the divorce oy Curtsbsrt Nils.
associate OF Keep 10 tbs W all Street Mesa. sad
George Z. kaosbe snd d. ". Porter, her las
ysrs; that k.oobe aud Porter ~ere paid $50.
goo 10 excess Vi their legal tee tor indacng bet
10 petition Tor he divorce.
The grand jury OF Reading Pa. ~htch fo'
Two weeks has been Investigating charge.
Of corruption and nismsna. emsni sgainsl
cosaiy officials, Saturday presented a report
against the accused officers. They say tia;
.aiaing over S25. 900 belonging 10 the county.
Tae coueIy commissioners shd treasurer are
charged BY The jar, with gross crgminaiisy
The commissioners Office Is Denounced as 4
nest Of corruption, eIrssakanee aad usn,on
waste.
Capt Cor retnrnsd TO Benson, Aria, on
Saturday from the Santa Rit. Mouaiisns II,
reports terrible water spout on Wallis rsach
near there, Monday afternoon. lie and his
partner heard = terrific roar resembling The
sound Of an earthquake. They ran to a blua
overlooking, the Ciensgs Valley aud saw .
monster water spout eoursing down the valley
The valley, which Is fully half mile vide
was covered with water TO a depth OF fifteen
feet. AS the torrent swept through the valiey
1t carried everything before it, A large nun
Der OF cattle were on the valley. Some Of then
were thrown upon elevated places but hun
drsds OF them were drowned. The water mas
have travelled at q distance Of hfty miles. Il
overto wed the hotel md the railroad tracks al
Santana before il exhausted itself.